Curtain support



Sept. 15, 1953 E. L. POTTER 2,652,155

CURTAIN SUPPORT Filed May 16, 1952 v :IL'I'". 4 4

INVENTOR. ETHEL L. PQTTER Patented Sept. 15, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates in general to window hardware and more particularly, to an invention in supports for curtains, draperies and the like.

In the art of interior decorating, it has often been found desirable to cause a window to appear larger than it really is by the utilization of relatively wide curtains for partially over-lying the adjoining wall surface. By such a measure there is created the impression that the window is considerably increased in. size since one would normally associate relatively large curtains with large windows. This particular expedient of the decorators art has been difficu t to accomplish since all supports heretofore known have necessitated securement to the walls. with consequent marring thereof. Thus, an expected reluctance to deface room walls. has prevented wide usage of this arrangement.

Therefore, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a curtain support which is designed to be mounted upon a window casing and having arms which project laterally beyond the casing, across the wall surface but unconnected thereto for maintaining rods from which curtains of increased width may be suspended for covering the portions of the wall adjacent the window as well as the window itself.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a curtain support having support arms comprised of lengthwise mutually adjustable sections for permitting selected extension thereof beyond the window casing.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a curtain support having support arms which may comprise any number of telescopically related sections for providing marked adjustability.

It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a curtain support which is economically manufactured, easily installed, and durable and reliable in usage.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 illustrates a window and wall surface covered by curtains suspended by a curtain support constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top view of one side of the curtain support;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 3--3 of Figure 2;

Figures 4, 5', and 6 are transverse sectional views taken along lines 3- 5-5, and Et, respectively, of Figure 3; and

Figures '7 and 8 are views or" modifications simiiar to Figure 3 but illustrate the support arms as comprised of two rod sections, and a single rod section, respectively.

Referring now to the drawing, which illustrates practical embodiments of the present invention, A designates a wall surface having a window B set therein and provided with a custernary casing C. Secured, as by screws, on opposite sides of the upper or header portion of the casing C, are mounting brackets I, each integrally carrying an upwardly directed hook 2 projecting from its forward face. The hooks 2 are polygonal in cross section for snug engagement within similarly contoured, aligned apertures 3, l, in the upper and lower edges 5, 6, respectively, adjacent the inner ends of support arms I which extend laterally outwardly from opposite sides of the casing C (as may be seen in Figure l) with their longitudinal axes parallel to the plane of the wall surface A. Each support arm I is comprised of a plurality of telescoping rod sections 8, 9, IE]. each of which is formed from relatively fiat, light weight sheet metal, as of a suitable ferrous alloy, and are so bent as to be C-shaped in cross section. The rod sections 8, 9, it], are designed so that the respective bight portions thereof are successively reduced whereby the middle section 9 telescopes within the inner section 8, and the outer section it telescopes within section 9.

The sections 9, Ill, are each provided adjacent their inner ends with a pair of verticalh ali ned apertures H similar in all respects to the apertures 3, 4, of the inner section 8, for en agement with the hook 2. should the user desire to dis pense with the inner section 8 and utilize a shortened support arm comprised of the sections 9, [0, as may best be seen in Figure '7, or, if desired, utilize merely section :c, as may be seen in Figure 8. It will thus be seen that the support arms 1 are readily adaptable to permit a user any desired amount of extension thereof beyond the casing C, for purposes more fully appearing hereinafter.

The poly onal character of the hooks 2 and the apertures 3, ll, prevent relative movement, such as twisting, sag ing and the like, between the hooks 2 and. support arms 1, whereby the latter are maintained rigidly in horizontal position.

At their outer ends, each outer section ii] is preferably flattened for securement thereto, as by rivets I0, of an end bracket I2 having projecting from its forward face a pair of upstanding horizontally aligned hooks I3, [4. Said hooks I3, I 4, each respectively supportingly engage ourtain rods l5, l6, by extension through a pair of vertically aligned apertures l1, l8, formed in the upper and lower flanges I9, 20, respectively, adjacent the ends of each curtain rod 15, I 6. The curtain rods l5, [6, are bent proximate their ends at l5 and I6, respectively, to form a central or main section 2|, 22, respectively, which are presented in forwardly spaced relation to the support arms I and are axially parallel and axially co-planar with said arms I. The curtain rods [5, I6, are thus supported at their opposite ends by the hooks I3, 14, respectively, in each end bracket and are thereby horizontally disposed for suspension therefrom, as by conventional means, of curtains, draperies, and the like, indicated 23 in the drawing. With the use of a pair of curtain rods 1 5, [6, the user may hang curtains from the inner rod [5 and suspend a so-called flounce or other similar decorative border element 24 from the outer rod 16. Manifestly, if desired, the user could employ only one of the rods l5, [6.

It is to be especially noted that the curtain support herein described is attached only to the window casing C with the outer ends of support arms I being unsecured in any manner to the wall surface A. Consequently, when the curtain support is not in use, as during warm weather, no unsightly marks or blemishes will appear on the wall, as would result from the use of hitherto known supports. Curtains, draperies, and the like, supported from the rods, 15, I 6, will perforce be in covering relation to those portions of the wall surface A bounded by the sides of the window casing C and imaginary lines passing through the outer ends of the support arms 1. With a substantial portion of the wall surface thus covered, a unique effect is accomplished in that the window B will seem to be of greater size than it actually is. The attractive appearance thus created by the use of the present invention is of inestimable value to interior decorators since it provides a simple and eflective means for endowing with an air of increased size rooms which are relatively small. Furthermore, the present invention may be most economically manufactured and can be easily installed and removed by an unskilled individual.

As stated above, Figure 7 discloses the support arm comprised of but two rod sections, namely, 9, l0, and Figure 8 discloses a support arm 1 being comprised of but a single section [0. The installation of curtain supports is a very easily eifected procedure in that the engagement of the hooks 2, l3, [4, within the apertures provided is all that is required.

It should be understood that changes and modiflcations in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the curtain support may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. For use with room windows, a curtain support comprising a pair of brackets adapted for attachment in spaced relation on a window casing, an upstanding hook carried on each of said brackets, a pair of support arms, each of said support arms comprising a plurality of telescopically fitted sections having inner and outer ends, each of said support arm sections having upper and lower flanges and being further provided with aligned apertures in said flanges adjacent said inner ends for securement of the innermost section upon the hooks of diiferent brackets whereby said support arms are presented for lateral extension beyond the window casing on opposite sides thereof, and a curtain rod secured at its ends to the outer ends of the outermost support arm sections.

2. For use with room windows, a curtain support comprising a pair of brackets adapted for attachment in spaced relation on a window casing, an upstanding hook carried on each of said brackets, a pair of support arms, each of said support arms comprising a plurality of telescopically fitted sections having inner and outer ends, each of said support arm sections having upper and lower flanges and being further provided with aligned apertures in said flanges adjacent said inner ends for securement of the innermost section upon the hooks of different brackets whereby said support arms are presented for lateral extension beyond the window casing on opposite sides thereof, an end bracket provided on the outer end of the outermost section of each support arm, a vertically presented hook carried by each of said end brackets, and a curtain rod having apertures at each of its ends for engagement upon the hooks of the end brackets for supporting said curtain rod therebetween.

3. For use with room windows, a curtain support comprising a pair of brackets adapted for attachment in spaced relation on a window casing, an upstanding hook carried on each of said brackets, a pair of support arms, each of said support arms comprising a plurality of telescopically fitted sections having inner and outer ends, each of said support arm sections having upper and lower flanges and being further provided with aligned apertures in said flanges adjacent said inner ends for securement of the innermost section upon the hooks of different brackets whereby said support arms are presented for lateral extension beyond the window casing on opposite sides thereof, an end bracket provided on the outer end of the outermost section of each support arm, a pair of vertically presented horizontally aligned hooks carried on each of said end brackets, and a pair of curtain rods each having apertures provided at their ends for engagement with different hooks on each of said end brackets whereby said curtain rods are disposed in parallel relation to each other.

ETHEL L. POTTER.

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